2 min readJaipurMay 25, 2026 04:10 PM IST
Rotting cow carcasses at a municipal landfill in Rajasthan’s Jaisalmer have sparked allegations of negligence, prompting the civic body to terminate the local contractor’s services.
Videos from a landfill on Ramgarh Road, around 7 km from the district headquarters, circulating on social media showed hundreds of rotting carcasses, with residents and cow protection groups demanding immediate action.
As pressure mounted, the Jaisalmer Municipal Council issued a statement saying it had taken cognisance of the matter and blacklisted the contractor.
“A video of dead animals in a dumping yard within the Jaisalmer Municipal Council area went viral on social media on May 24, 2026. The Municipal Council immediately took cognizance of the matter and found that the carcass bone contractor had been dumping the carcasses in the dumping yard instead of disposing of them at the designated site,” the statement said.
It added: “The Nagar Parishad had issued a notice to the carcass bone contractor with immediate effect. The contractor did not respond to the notice nor did he dispose of the dead animals. The dead animals scattered in the dumping yard were disposed of at a site identified by the Nagar Parishad at its own level.”
The civic body said it had cancelled the contract and confiscated the security deposit. “Also, the contractor has been blacklisted from participating in any contract in Nagar Parishad Jaisalmer in future,” the statement added.
District Magistrate Anupama Jorwal has sought a report on the incident.
